All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 26 2012 // The cost of homeowners insurance claims has been rising rapidly because of the combined effects of rising claim severity and increases in claim frequency, according to an insurance industry report.A new Insurance Research...
Sep 25 2012 // U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has urged Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage lenders to ensure that homeowners receive the...
Sep 25 2012 // Executives of Florida’s state-backed insurer defended a proposed statewide average 11.2 percent increase in homeowners rates as regulators, consumer advocates and other officials questioned the need for the...
Sep 24 2012 // Allstate Corp. is raising insurance rates for 144,000 Louisiana homeowners. The company announced that about 71,000 homeowners insured by Allstate Insurance Co. will see their rates increase by 11.3 percent, while 73,000...
Sep 24 2012 // More than three-quarters of a million homes in the Western U.S. have a high risk of wildfire damage, according to a report released by Santa Ana, Calif.-based CoreLogic.CoreLogic’s Wildfire Hazard Risk Report...
Sep 19 2012 // With dog bite claims accounting for over one-third of all homeowners insurance liability claim dollars in 2011, The Hanover Insurance Group is reminding dog owners to take preventative measures to protect themselves from...
Sep 19 2012 // More than 2 million homes in California face “extreme wildfire hazards,” over 400,000 of which are in Los Angeles County, according to a study issued Wednesday by an insurance industry group.A study by the...
Sep 13 2012 // Allstate Corp. is raising rates for 144,000 Louisiana homeowners who get their insurance coverage from two Allstate companies.The company announced that about 71,000 homeowners insured by Allstate Insurance Co. will see...
Sep 13 2012 // State Farm Lloyds says it intends to increase homeowners rates in Texas by an average 20 percent.The company announced it has submitted a rate filing to the Texas Department of Insurance. The actual premium change for any...
Sep 10 2012 // More than three-quarters of a million homes in the Western U.S. have a high risk of wildfire damage, according to a report released by Santa Ana, Calif.-based CoreLogic.CoreLogic’s Wildfire Hazard Risk Report...
Sep 10 2012 // A new flood coverage suite from Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange, or PURE, is offering high-value homeowners an alternative flood insurance option.PURE Flood Solutions works as an extension of the National Flood...
Sep 10 2012 // Ohio’s 2011 average auto and homeowners insurance rates were again among the most competitive in the United States, according to state insurance regulators. The Ohio Department of Insurance reported that Ohio has the...
Sep 10 2012 // Since 1996, Demotech has rated most of the homegrown Florida domiciled insurers. Our efforts have focused on the assignment of Financial Stability Ratings® (FSRs) to all financially stable insurers, start-ups as well as...
Sep 9 2012 // Texas investigators have opened a criminal probe into how State Farm handled what may turn out to be thousands of insurance claims from Gulf Coast homeowners involving damage from Hurricane Ike in 2008, officials...
Sep 7 2012 // As hurricane season shifts into high gear, the Maryland Insurance Administration is reminding consumers that September is Disaster Preparedness Month.Maryland regulators are advising homeowners to check what their...
Sep 5 2012 // When Donald Yost tried to refinance his home about 30 miles north of Pittsburgh in January, he met a roadblock. It wasn’t his credit score — he had a solid rating — or the appraisal he’d paid almost...
Sep 5 2012 // Rates for personal lines insurance rose 3 percent in August 2012 compared to rates in August 2011, reported the national property/casualty insurance exchange MarketScout.“Homeowners rates increased by 3 percent on...
Sep 3 2012 // Insurance claims from Hurricane Isaac have starting coming in, with one estimate saying losses to insurers could total $1.2 billion.AIR Worldwide, which models losses for insurers, said its best estimate of losses was $1.2...
Aug 31 2012 // West Virginia regulators recently launched an online, interactive homeowner’s inventory chart. Available for free from the W.V. Offices of Insurance Commissioner, it offers a convenient way for homeowners to list...
Aug 29 2012 // Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance Mike Chaney issued a statement urging coastal homeowners to take steps to protect their homes until the danger of Hurricane Isaac has passed.A satellite image of Isaac approaching...